A visit to Iceland, by way of Tronyem, in the "Flower of Yarrow" yacht, in the summer of 1834 / By John Barrow.
- John Barrow Jr.
- Date:
- 1835
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A visit to Iceland, by way of Tronyem, in the "Flower of Yarrow" yacht, in the summer of 1834 / By John Barrow. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![This horrible disease, which some think, but others deny, to be hereditary, is owing, most probably, to a fish diet and poverty of food, want of all kind of exercise in the winter months, and exclusion from air in their close hovels, where a great neglect of cleanliness almost necessarily prevails; the total want of vegetables, except occasionally Iceland moss, and a few dwarf cabbages and potatoes, where trouble has been taken to cultivate them, may also contribute to this disease; but I be- lieve it to be mostly owing to the universal practice of wearing woollen clothes next to the skin. Before the introduction of cotton and linen into Great Britain, and when woollens were universally worn, the leprosy would seem to have prevailed in as frightful a degree, perhaps, as m Iceland, whereas it is now rarely, if ever, heard of. 30. Q. Is there any table of longevity of Iceland? A, There are tables, which generally re- semble. that which has been given for the year 1832. It must be observed, however, that mor- tality is sometimes more considerable. 31. Q. The number of medical men—the mode of remunerating them ? A. The former part of this question has been answered already, under No.2]. Medical men have some pay from the Crown; the physician 300](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33280022_0341.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
